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  • Work until you disappear: Long COVID ensnared me in an exploitative health system

    Work until you disappear: Long COVID ensnared me in an exploitative health system

    Daphne Sara Safaei

    The disease emphasizes the racism and ableism of the public health sector in Germany. People with disabilities and chronic illnesses must be prioritized over profits. Read more…

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    Melanie Marich

    How is Minnesota addressing Long COVID?

  • National COVID-19 trends, June 16
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    National COVID-19 trends, June 16

  • Research updates, June 16
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    Miles W. Griffis

    Research updates, June 16

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Policy & Advocacy

  • This livestream screenshot shows Violet Affleck speaking at the UN. A placard in front of her reads, "Youth advocate." She's wearing an N95 mask.
    September 23, 2025

    Violet Affleck advocates for children with Long COVID, masks, and clean indoor air at United Nations event

  • September 23, 2025

    Letter to the editors: Concerns about California’s right-to-mask bill

  • September 18, 2025

    Kennedy’s HHS commits to Long COVID, but without clear funding

  • A graphic showing white KN94 masks and yellow and white megaphones in a neat pattern that alternates the two objects. The background is a dark navy.
    September 2, 2025

    How do you get people to care about COVID-19? Here’s what I’ve learned as an organizer.

  • Collage graphic, including a portrait of UK Work and Pensions Minister Sir Stephen Timms, a photo of Sheffield Hallam University's campus, and a photo of advocates from Not Recovered UK raising awareness about ME and Long COVID. The collage also includes screenshots of web pages about disability benefits.
    July 15, 2025

    Left without care: Many Long COVID clinics are closing down in the U.K.

  • A portrait of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., colored in red, with a graphical representation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus behind him.
    June 19, 2025

    The federal government is restricting COVID-19 vaccine access. Here’s what that means for the ongoing pandemic and people with Long COVID.

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Science

  • A 3D medical animation shows the secretion of cytokines, small pink particles floating near purple and blue cells.
    March 3, 2026

    Research updates, March 3

  • A photo of a Keith Haring art mural captures the bright red figures on a concrete wall. The figures include a vaccine, scissor people cutting a snake, and many of his iconic human figures throughout the scene as the lift the snake, lie down with "x"s over them, and hug one another.
    February 24, 2026

    Research updates, February 24

  • A person in a black beanie and a brown puffer coat holds up their wrist to show a neon yellow activity tracker.
    February 17, 2026

    Research updates, February 17

  • An up-close microscopic image shows the main components of blood plasma, including complement C1, immunogloublin G, ferritin, and more. The components that make up the plasma in the shapes of spheres, noodles, and clumps, are colored in different shades of purple, blue, violet, and red.
    February 10, 2026

    Research updates, February 10

  • Collage graphic. The center of the image is a black and white photo of a child lying in bed receiving care from their mother. Behind that is a second photo showing a child's hand, pens, and drawings, including one that appears to show two cartoonish version of pathogens.
    February 3, 2026

    Long COVID affects millions of children. The largest pediatric trial so far launches this year.

  • A Black doctor in a white coat and blue shirt wearing a surgical mask stands before seated, elderly patients in Lagos, Nigeria.
    February 3, 2026

    Research updates, February 3

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Covid-19

  • Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for January 13, 2026. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "high" (represented with a red color) and reports a slight increase (represented with a diagonal up arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "high*" (red) and reports a significant increase (up arrow), and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is moderate (darker yellow) and reports a slight increase. Text below these metrics reads: "* CDC wastewater viral activity levels are calculated based on measurements in the last two years only. They do not account for the lower spread that could be possible with more widespread precautions."
    January 13, 2026

    National COVID-19 trends, January 13

  • ID for site/newsletter: Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for January 6, 2026. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "high" (represented with a red color) and reports a significant increase (represented with an up arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "moderate*" (orange) and reports a slight increase (diagonal up arrow), and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is moderate (darker yellow) and stable (side to side arrow). Text below these metrics reads: "* CDC wastewater viral activity levels are calculated based on measurements in the last two years only. They do not account for the lower spread that could be possible with more widespread precautions."
    January 6, 2026

    National COVID-19 trends, January 6

  • Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for December 23, 2025. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "medium" (represented with a dark yellow color) and reports a significant increase (represented with an up arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "low*" (darker yellow) and stable (side to side arrow); and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is moderate (darker yellow) and slightly increasing. Text below these metrics reads: "* CDC wastewater viral activity levels are calculated based on measurements in the last two years only. They do not account for the lower spread that could be possible with more widespread precautions."
    December 23, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, December 23

  • Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for December 16, 2025. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "high" (represented with an orange color) and reports a slight increase (represented with a diagonal up arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "low*" (darker yellow) and significantly increasing (represented with a straight up arrow); and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is moderate (darker yellow) and slightly increasing. Text below these metrics reads: "* CDC wastewater viral activity levels are calculated based on measurements in the last two years only. They do not account for the lower spread that could be possible with more widespread precautions."
    December 16, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, December 16

  • Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for December 9, 2025. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "high" (represented with an orange color) and reports a slight increase (represented with a diagonal up arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "very low*" (lighter yellow) and stable (represented with a right to left arrow); and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is moderate (darker yellow) and stable. Text below these metrics reads: "* CDC wastewater viral activity levels are calculated based on measurements in the last two years only. They do not account for the lower spread that could be possible with more widespread precautions."
    December 9, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, December 9

  • Line chart titled, "Vaccination rates in the U.S., fall 2025." The chart has four lines representing estimated vaccination rates: flu vaccines in adults and children (purple solid line and purple dashed line, respectively), and COVID-19 vaccines in adults and children (teal solid line and teal dashed line). The purple lines representing flu vaccines are much higher, going up toward 40%, than the teal lines representing COVID-19 vaccines. In the latest estimate, for November 22, only 15% of adults and 6% of children have received COVID-19 vaccines. Text below the title notes: "CDC estimates based on survey data from the National Immunization Survey-Fall Respiratory Virus Module, as of December 1, 2025."
    December 2, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, December 2

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Health

  • December 16, 2025

    Despite Long COVID’s ongoing impact, research in Colombia is limited

  • A photo of Nevra Elis on a hospital bed. She is a Pakistani woman with severe ME and wears a white and blue hospital gown and a blue surgical mask. Her eyes are closed and she lays on her back.
    December 15, 2025

    “Medically neglected” and “structurally erased”: International network appeals for ME advocate Nevra Elis

  • A demonstrator in a wheelchair at a rally outside the News Corp. headquarters in New York City on May 20, 2025. The demonstrator, who wears a black shirt and skirt, holds a sign that says, "stop the deadly cuts to Medicaid."
    December 2, 2025

    The future of Medicaid is “really scary” for people with Long COVID

  • Five scientists are seated behind a long table with microphones. One, on the left, is speaking to answer a question from the audience, and the other four are listening to her. One of the speakers is wearing a mask. A banner displayed on the table reads: "3rd Long COVID International Conference, 2025, Hybrid meeting, 19-20 November, Boston, United States."
    November 25, 2025

    International Long COVID conference spotlights biomarker and mechanism research

  • Artistic depiction of ME symptoms by a woman who has the disease, showing a woman slumped over with exhaustion in a river of blue and orange
    November 21, 2025

    Less than 20% of Long COVID trials involving exercise even mention post-exertional malaise

  • November 15, 2025

    Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51

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Commentary

  • A graphic shows three editorial photos of Daphne, two in black and white and one layered on top of them in color. Daphne, a person with Iranian background, has long black hair and wears three bracelets and a nose ring. Daphne poses beside a sheet in the three photos.
    June 16, 2026

    Work until you disappear: Long COVID ensnared me in an exploitative health system

  • An abstract graphic shows a ladder leading through a trap door to a blue sky with strewn white clouds. A backdrop shows black and white SARS-CoV-2 viruses with a microscopic view.
    June 12, 2026

    We must free Long COVID and the people living with it from the mind-body trap

  • An abstract collage graphic shows a justice scale in an orange filter. Other photos show a person in an MRI machine and a close up of a virus spike protein in black and white. Blue and red triangles are laid over the graphic.
    June 2, 2026

    Research ethics boards need urgent training on Long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis

  • A collage of press clippings and images related to the Long Covid Moonshot bill and advocacy around it, including including images of Bernie Sanders, Ziyad Al-Aly, and advocates in blue “Moonshot” shirts and masks after a senate hearing
    May 19, 2026

    A toolkit for new advocates: What I learned from the Long COVID Moonshot campaign

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